PremierAndrew wrote:Could have been competing at E3 yesterday instead of busting his gust where he doesn't belong

I get how Sky can knock the GT dream into his head, after they succeeded with Wiggo. But I think it is starting to get ridiculous. He is such a talented classics rider, but he is waisting all his talent on riding for a top 10 in the Giro. He should be close to top shape now, and definitely ahead of Froome and Contador, if he wants to beat Quintana at the Giro. Hopefully he wakes up and comes back to where he belongs.

I mean when Sky started with their goal of a British TdF winner, the two riders they had in mind were Froome and Thomas, with Kennaugh being seen as another potential TdF winner a few years further down the line. So he's probably been groomed mentally for the GTs for a long time

Pretty sure Wiggins was also one of the riders they had in mind...

He wasn't actually he was more an afterthought when they saw his performance at the 09 Tour

PremierAndrew wrote:Could have been competing at E3 yesterday instead of busting his gust where he doesn't belong

I get how Sky can knock the GT dream into his head, after they succeeded with Wiggo. But I think it is starting to get ridiculous. He is such a talented classics rider, but he is waisting all his talent on riding for a top 10 in the Giro. He should be close to top shape now, and definitely ahead of Froome and Contador, if he wants to beat Quintana at the Giro. Hopefully he wakes up and comes back to where he belongs.

I mean when Sky started with their goal of a British TdF winner, the two riders they had in mind were Froome and Thomas, with Kennaugh being seen as another potential TdF winner a few years further down the line. So he's probably been groomed mentally for the GTs for a long time

Pretty sure Wiggins was also one of the riders they had in mind...

He wasn't actually he was more an afterthought when they saw his performance at the 09 Tour

Huh? Wiggins did really great at the 2009 Tour, causing Sky to buy him free from Garmin.Froome only had his GT breakthrough in the 2011 Vuelta.

PremierAndrew wrote:Could have been competing at E3 yesterday instead of busting his gust where he doesn't belong

I get how Sky can knock the GT dream into his head, after they succeeded with Wiggo. But I think it is starting to get ridiculous. He is such a talented classics rider, but he is waisting all his talent on riding for a top 10 in the Giro. He should be close to top shape now, and definitely ahead of Froome and Contador, if he wants to beat Quintana at the Giro. Hopefully he wakes up and comes back to where he belongs.

I mean when Sky started with their goal of a British TdF winner, the two riders they had in mind were Froome and Thomas, with Kennaugh being seen as another potential TdF winner a few years further down the line. So he's probably been groomed mentally for the GTs for a long time

Pretty sure Wiggins was also one of the riders they had in mind...

He wasn't actually he was more an afterthought when they saw his performance at the 09 Tour

Nice bit of revisionism there, but no one thought of Froome as a winner of any kind of race before 2011.

It hurts but congrats to Geraint Realfast. He played it great, his move on stage 3 was awesome. Even if I don't like the result, it's a well-deserved win. We can root for another rider and still be gracious .

When I woke up and saw the yellow jersey that I had left by my bed the night before, I asked myself: "what are you doing in Merckx's bedroom?" I couldn't believe it - Bernard Thevenet

It hurts but congrats to Geraint Realfast. He played it great, his move on stage 3 was awesome. Even if I don't like the result, it's a well-deserved win. We can root for another rider and still be gracious .

It hurts but congrats to Geraint Realfast. He played it great, his move on stage 3 was awesome. Even if I don't like the result, it's a well-deserved win. We can root for another rider and still be gracious .

+1000!

SeriousSam wrote: Peña Cabarga is like Froome's Mount Doom, the place where his great power was forged into fearsome weapon. He was never going to lose here

bumped with Colombian Fernando Gaviria (Quick-Step Floors) on his right, causing his left foot to unclip immediately after. Instead of fighting for the win, he slipped back to finish ninth behind winner André Greipel (Lotto-Soudal) and one place behind Geraint Thomas (Team Sky).